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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-3832

medium Nessus Plugin ID 222875

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - It was discovered the fix for CVE-2018-19758 (libsndfile) was not complete and still allows a read beyond the limits of a buffer in wav_write_header() function in wav.c. A local attacker may use this flaw to make the application crash. (CVE-2019-3832)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-3832

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 222875

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_3832.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3832

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsndfile-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsndfile, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsndfile-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsndfile-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsndfile, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsndfile-utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3832